Scene from the film Arab Attraction
Scene from the film Arab Attraction
Scene from the film Arab Attraction

Arab Attraction

Direction
Year 
2010
Country
  • Austria
Runtime
119min 
Audio Tracks 
Subtitles 

Barbara Wally, the former director of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg has been known throughout Austria for her outspoken feminist views for decades. During a 10-day vacation to Yemen, she falls in love with a young chauffeur named Khadher and becomes his second wife. “In every conversation, it was imperative that I become Muslim”, she explains. “He doesn’t want me to end up in hell.” So this atheist Austrian converts to Islam, prays five times a day, and says goodbye to her beloved bacon. The heavyset woman with long, dyed red hair drastically revises her point of view and questions post-feminist Western society.

Details

  • Original Title
    Arab Attraction
  • Direction
  • Screenplay
    Andreas Horvath, Monika Muskala
  • Cinematography
    Andreas Horvath, Monika Muskala
  • Music
    Richard Wagner
  • Runtime
    119 min (91+ min.)
  • Year
    2010
  • Country
    • Austria
  • Format
    • Colour
  • Distribution

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